“I thought it was a fantastic thing to do,” Djokovic said. “I thought it was so funny and so creative, because you don’t find it now in sport, in tennis. It’s very conservative sport, you know, rules and everything.

“So it’s fun to see some entertainment, even though I know in that moment he wasn’t thinking about entertaining a crowd. He was more thinking of that ball and trying to prove a point. But it looked very funny, very, very funny.”

During the tirade, Troicki actually commandeered and on-court TV camera, using it to show the disputed mark. Troicki threatened to quit the match but kept playing losing in the end to Ernests Gulbis 61, 61.

Troicki beat James Blake on Sunday and returns todoay to face Gimeno-Traver.

Djokovic eased into the second round following a 76, 64, 75 win over Belgian 22-year-old David Goffin. Next for Novak is Argentine lefty Guido Pella on Thursday.

4 Comments for Novak Djokovic: I Thought Troicki’s Meltdown In Rome Was So Funny And So Creative

jane Says:

It was certainly funny how he commandeered the cameraman. And yesterday apparently Staks too an iphone photo of the clay mark the umpire refused to call in…technology is definitely changing things. Even human meltdowns. ;)